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Pursuit of self-interest will doom the reform effort
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 05/02/2014
» Thailand needs urgent reform, according to both the government and the protesters occupying the streets of Bangkok.
Harnessing consumer power for the better
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 05/03/2014
» During the past few weeks, Thailand has seen a new phenomenon, beginning with a large number of depositors flocking to branches of the Government Savings Bank (GSB), to either close their accounts or withdraw large sums of money.
The 'crooks' in charge must step aside
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 01/01/2014
» A new year, a semi-failed state?
Getting rid of the government is the easy part
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 04/12/2013
» Ask any of the participants in the massive anti-government rallies about their purpose, and the answer is likely to be to get rid of something called "Thaksinocracy". When asked what it means, the answer varies, but may be roughly grouped along these five "cracies".
Corruption risks pulling everyone under
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 06/11/2013
» It is not unusual for three people to share a Nobel Prize for doing research on the same subject, either together or separately. For the prize in economics this year, however, it is quite unusual because while separately conducting research on the movements of asset prices _ stocks, bonds, real estate, etc. _ the three people honoured reached contradictory conclusions.
Economy trapped in mire of corruption
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 04/09/2013
» With growth stalling everywhere, including in the middle-income countries and especially the once high-flying Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping, discussions about the nature of the middle-income trap and how to get out of it have again come to the fore.
As Buddhists, we needn't reach for the sky
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 02/10/2013
» With cities racing to build ever taller buildings, the question arises as to how much of a skyscraper is actually usable space, and how much is designed to make it taller.
We're not even close to achieving democracy
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 03/07/2013
» With the government of Cuba relaxing many aspects of its rule, one may be tempted to conclude that democracy will soon completely triumph over dictatorship, just over two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall. That, however, is hardly the case, according to William J Dobson.
Detroit trod a surefire path to economic ruin
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 07/08/2013
» On July 18, Detroit made an announcement heard around the world _ it had filed for bankruptcy.
Debt aside, economy looks a lot like Greece's
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 01/05/2013
» When the current eurozone crisis reached Greece, many Thais asked whether what was happening over there could happen here.